Author: Fran Parker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780882823409
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Documents the case of Northeast Louisiana University pre-med student Irvin Bolden, Jr., who was found innocent of the murder of his fiancée's lover before his fiancée was also killed, in an account told from the perspective of an investigative journalist who was determined to bring him to justice.
Author: Susan Goldenberg
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459750322
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 169
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Glamorous young wife Alma Rattenbury takes her chauffeur as a lover and their scandalous relationship leads to a murder most foul. The 1935 murder of architect Francis Mawson Rattenbury, famous for his design of the iconic Parliament Buildings and Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia, and the arrest and lurid trial of his 30-years-younger second wife, Alma, and the family chauffeur, George Percy Stoner, her lover, riveted people. Francis and Alma had moved to Bournemouth, England, after the City of Victoria had ostracized them for their scandalous, flagrant affair while Francis was married to his first wife. Their life in Bournemouth was tangled. Francis became an impotent lush. Deprived of sexual gratification, Alma seduced George, previously a virgin who was half her age. They conducted their affair in her upstairs bedroom with her and Francis’s six-year-old son in a nearby bed, “sleeping,” she said, and the near-deaf Francis in his armchair downstairs in a drunken stupor. The lovers were tried together for Francis’s murder at the Old Bailey Criminal Court in London, resulting in intense public interest and massive, frenzied media coverage. The trial became one of the 20th century’s most sensational cases, sparking widespread debate over sexual mores and social strata distinctions.
Author: William Dalrymple
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815725884
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 33
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An eminent historian looks to the present and future of Afghanistan as the U.S. withdraws from the longest war in its history. THE BROOKINGS ESSAY: In the spirit of its commitment to high-quality, independent research, the Brookings Institution has commissioned works on major topics of public policy by distinguished authors, including Brookings scholars. The Brookings Essay is a multi-platform product aimed to engage readers in open dialogue and debate. The views expressed, however, are solely those of the author. Available in ebook only.
Author: Michael Levine
Publisher: Dell
ISBN: 9780440223672
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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Assigned to find the source of a dangerous new drug called White Queen, DEA deep-cover agent Rene Villarino has vanished. Levine, his closest friend and fellow agent, embarks upon his own personal mission of retribution, going undercover as an Arab businessman to infiltrate the largest criminal organization in the world--The Triangle of Death.
Author: Kent E. Calder
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Provocative, refreshing...Calder's grasp of both history and international affairs are impressive, as one might expect of a scholar of his stature... South China Morning Post"
Author: Catherine Coulter
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501150359
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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The New York Times bestselling Brit in the FBI series returns with a highly anticipated thriller, featuring special agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine in their new roles as heads of the Covert Eyes team—but will their first case be their last when the Fox, the enigmatic and dangerous thief, reappears? “He who controls the weather, will control the world. He who controls time, will never be around.” —Thomas Frey FBI Special Agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine are the government’s Covert Eyes—leading a top-notch handpicked team of agents to tackle crimes and criminals both international and deadly. But their first case threatens their fledgling team when the Fox calls from Venice asking for help. Kitsune has stolen an incredible artifact from the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul, and now the client wants her dead. She has a warning for Nick and Mike: she’s overheard talk that a devastating Gobi desert sandstorm that’s killed thousands in Beijing isn’t a natural phenomenon, rather is produced by man. The Covert Eyes team heads to Venice, Italy, to find out the truth. From New York to Venice and from Rome to the Bermuda Triangle, Nicholas and Mike and their team are in a race against time, and nature herself, to stop an obsessed family from devastating Washington, DC.
Author: Tom Henderson
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
ISBN: 1466866918
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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A promising young attorney and a dedicated family man, Michael Fletcher seemed to have it all. But in the summer of 2000, Michael found himself standing trial for the murder of his pregnant wife, Leann. The verdict--guilty of second-degree murder--would leave friends, family, and the public at large scrambling to make sense of a twisted and frightening series of events that ended in the brutal killing of Leann Fletcher. What could possibly have led Michael Fletcher to commit such a gruesome act? As a college student, Michael Fletcher married the girl of his dreams after a three-year courtship. It seems like a fairy-tale romance come true: a match made in heaven. So why would a man with no history of domestic violence murder his devoted wife right after he told her how much he loved her? Why would Michael shoot Leann in the back of the head, not only killing her but also the child that she was carrying inside her? According to prosecutors, Fletcher has been involved in an extramarital affair with a beautiful judge for two years. Was his relationship with respected District Judge Susan Chrzanowski enough cause for him to murder his wife in cold blood? Raising even more troubling questions, the startling discovery colored Leann's already shocking murder with shadings of sex, political scandal, and deadly betrayal.
Author: Ronald Ayers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780870672224
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Lynda Drews
Publisher: Titletown Pub
ISBN: 9780982000922
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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"Deeply immersed in the close-knit culture of long-distance running, Pam and Bob Bulik were avid competitors. To all appearances, they were also a happily married couple, devoted to each other and their two young children. Then Bob made a fateful decision. He began an extramarital affair that led to his wife's tragic death and to one of the most sensationalized and heavily attended trials in Green Bay's history." --Cover.
Author: Kathryn Walker
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778741442
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Why do aircraft and ships seem to 'disappear' in the Bermuda Triangle? Are the legends make-believe, or is there something sinister waiting in the waters of the Bermuda Triangle?
